acosar
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the obsolete coso (“road, way”), or less likely a Vulgar Latin *accursāre, from Latin cursus. Compare Portuguese acossar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]acosar (first-person singular present acoso, first-person singular preterite acosé, past participle acosado)
- (transitive) to pursue, harass
- Synonym: perseguir
- 2021 February 3, Elena Reina, “El infierno de Mariana: seis meses de abuso sexual que nadie escuchó”, in El País[1]:
- Y en ese rincón abandonado del México pobre, un compañero comenzó a acosarla.
- And in that abandoned corner of poor Mexico, a classmate began to harass her.
- (transitive) to bully
- Synonyms: hacer bullying, intimidar, tiranizar, vejar
- (transitive) to beset, beleaguer
- Synonym: asediar
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of acosar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | acosar | ||||||
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gerund | acosando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | acosado | acosada | |||||
plural | acosados | acosadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | acoso | acosastú acosásvos |
acosa | acosamos | acosáis | acosan | |
imperfect | acosaba | acosabas | acosaba | acosábamos | acosabais | acosaban | |
preterite | acosé | acosaste | acosó | acosamos | acosasteis | acosaron | |
future | acosaré | acosarás | acosará | acosaremos | acosaréis | acosarán | |
conditional | acosaría | acosarías | acosaría | acosaríamos | acosaríais | acosarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | acose | acosestú acosésvos2 |
acose | acosemos | acoséis | acosen | |
imperfect (ra) |
acosara | acosaras | acosara | acosáramos | acosarais | acosaran | |
imperfect (se) |
acosase | acosases | acosase | acosásemos | acosaseis | acosasen | |
future1 | acosare | acosares | acosare | acosáremos | acosareis | acosaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | acosatú acosávos |
acose | acosemos | acosad | acosen | ||
negative | no acoses | no acose | no acosemos | no acoséis | no acosen |
Selected combined forms of acosar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “acosar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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